Montage
Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
Chapter & Verse
Wayles Brown asks whether anyone can provide an exact source and the precise wording for a comment often attributed to Oscar Wilde: “The...
"Theater without All the Drama"
“These shows are funny no matter your age or upbringing,” says Casey Lurtz ’07, who has just finished her term as president of...
by Casey N. Cep
Avant-Garde Incubator
The blip festival may be unfamiliar to you, but for lovers of “low-bit music,” it’s the world’s premier event. Late last...
Godmothers of The Namesake
Mira Nair ’79 met Sooni Taraporevala ’79 in the Lowell House dining room in the fall of 1976. The two women, both of Indian descent...
He Was on to Something
Educator James O. Freedman ’57, L ’60, who died in March of last year, was president emeritus of Dartmouth College and of the...
Ideas, Appassionato
Daniel Barenboim’s prodigious musical career has generated both acclaim and controversy. In September, the pianist and conductor...
Palace Indignities
Alexis Gregory ’57 is a collector of Renaissance and Baroque bronzes, a member of the Harvard University Art Museums Collections Committee...
Off the Shelf
Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government, by Charles Fried, Beneficial professor of law (Norton, $24.95). Fried assesses individual liberty...
Where the Eyeballs Are
“These are trying times for political cartoonists,” observes Kevin P. Kallaugher ’77. “I’m trying something new...
Iambic Imbroglio
In 19 B.C., the Roman noblemen Varius and Tucca were given an extraordinary task: destroy the Aeneid. On his deathbed, Virgil asked his friends...